After cutting off the power to the entire building, Zhang Yang walked into the stairwell and began heading to the eighth floor.
The imperial scepter was in the command room. Even though he knew Bruce was lying in wait, Zhang Yang couldn't avoid it.
However, when Zhang Yang reached the seventh floor, he keenly heard the sound of clothes rustling from above.
"Is he waiting for me?"
"This Bruce is really clever. He knew that after I cut the power, I would definitely come up through the stairwell!"
A smirk tugged at Zhang Yang's lips as he exchanged a dummy capsule and tossed it into the stairwell.
At the moment the dummy appeared, deafening gunfire rang out in the stairwell, followed by flashes of light. The dummy quickly deflated and collapsed to the ground.
"Shit! I was tricked!"
Bruce, seeing only a dummy, cursed under his breath and quickly ran downstairs to search for Zhang Yang.
Meanwhile, as Bruce fired, Zhang Yang had already turned and exited the stairwell.
Outside, the people heard the gunfire coming from the building, their nerves on edge, eagerly waiting.
"Have they encountered each other?"
[Oh my god! Was that a gunshot? Was it Bruce?]
[Kaitō Kid never shoots to hurt, it must have been Bruce. I hope Kaitō Kid is okay!]
Bruce made his way from the eighth floor to the sixth floor, but he didn't continue searching further.
He knew Zhang Yang's target was the imperial scepter in the command room, so as long as he stayed at the door of the command room, he was sure to catch him.
However, once Zhang Yang learned that Bruce was waiting for him in the stairwell, he had already planned to change his approach.
Bruce wasn't like the other agents who blindly stayed put, stubbornly guarding their positions.
"Bruce, Eagle Nation's number one agent, still has some tricks up his sleeve!"
Using the building's layout map, Zhang Yang, who was on the seventh floor, headed straight for the area below the command room.
There was no movement above him. With Zhang Yang's enhanced hearing, if Bruce had been right above him, he would have been able to hear him.
But the unknown was always the most dangerous.
Zhang Yang reached the window and climbed out.
He exchanged two glass suction cup gloves from the points store. These gloves allowed Zhang Yang to stick to glass like Spider-Man.
"Good thing this is the back of the building. Otherwise, the people downstairs would surely notice and alert Bruce!"
Bruce had earned his title as Eagle Nation's top agent largely due to his caution!
Zhang Yang climbed up to the large floor-to-ceiling window of the command room, where the room was empty.
On the wall in the command room, the imperial scepter—made of solid gold and adorned with multicolored gems—sat right in the center.
Zhang Yang cut a gap in the glass and entered the command room.
"This imperial scepter is too extravagant!"
The scepter was made of pure gold, and each of the gems on it was the size of a pigeon's egg!
Zhang Yang didn't leave immediately after grabbing the heavy scepter. Bruce was full of energy in this showdown at FBI Headquarters, and Zhang Yang felt that leaving just like this would be too disrespectful.
So, he sat down in the commander's chair, holding the scepter.
After clearing his throat a couple of times, Zhang Yang made a sound to get Bruce's attention.
He could clearly hear Bruce's footsteps outside the door.
But Bruce didn't seem to hear Zhang Yang's cough from inside the command room.
"Bruce's hearing is terrible, he can't even hear that?"
With no other option, Zhang Yang decided to knock the scepter loudly on the desk.
Bruce's footsteps immediately stopped. Zhang Yang smirked, waiting for Bruce to open the door.
The door to the command room slowly creaked open, and Bruce stepped inside.
Upon seeing Zhang Yang sitting in the commander's chair, Bruce quickly raised his gun.
He didn't expect to capture Kaitō Kid alive. As long as Zhang Yang couldn't walk out of the FBI headquarters building, he would consider it a win.
But just before he could raise the gun fully, two red playing cards flashed before his eyes, barely grazing his cheek.
"Bang! Bang!"
The two red playing cards embedded themselves deep into the door of the command room. Bruce swallowed nervously.
The cards had flown past his face, but if they hadn't hit the wooden door behind him and instead struck his face or neck, he would've definitely seen blood spray.
As the top agent of Eagle Nation, Bruce knew just how terrifying the consequences could be.
Zhang Yang chuckled softly.
"Bruce, you're too slow!"
"You're a worthy opponent. I'll see you next time!"
Letting Bruce see him face-to-face was already a favor.
If it were any of those boring agents, they wouldn't even have a chance to see their own shadows.
However, Bruce raised his gun and fired. Zhang Yang flicked his index finger, and a super playing card flew out.
The bullet Bruce fired collided with the playing card, and sparks flew between them.
Bruce stood stunned, his mouth agape. This time, he was genuinely dumbfounded.
He had traveled the world, carried out various dangerous missions, and seen all kinds of high-tech gadgets.
But to see someone use a playing card to block his bullet, it was beyond belief. If it hadn't happened right in front of him, he wouldn't have believed it.
"Bruce, goodbye!"
To prevent Bruce from going crazy again, Zhang Yang tossed a smoke bomb.
As the smoke blocked their figures, Zhang Yang flipped out the window, unfurled his silver-winged cape, and flew away.
Bruce walked to the window, his heart sinking as he looked out, but Zhang Yang had already disappeared from sight.
"Kaitō Kid, who exactly are you?"
Bruce was deeply impressed, and he had lost completely!
Whether he admitted it or not, the imperial scepter was now in Kaitō Kid's hands.
And it had been right in front of him!
After two gunshots echoed through the FBI headquarters building, it fell into silence.
The people watching outside and the online viewers were in a panic.
"Oh my god! Is it over?"
"So fast? Maybe it's still going on!"
"Shit! Kaitō Kid was inside for so long, and Bruce only fired twice?"
"Bruce keeps talking about fairness. He kept shooting one after another, and he calls that fair?"
The viewers in the livestream weren't at the scene, so they were even more desperate to know the outcome.
"What the hell? Bruce is the top agent of Eagle Nation, his shooting skills must be good. Kaitō Kid can't be finished, right?"
"Is anyone brave enough to go in and check it out? I'll send rockets! I'll do what I say!"
"Anyone who goes in now will probably get shot. The only ones in the building are Bruce and Kaitō Kid, and Bruce will shoot as soon as he sees someone!"
"So that's what happened! I wondered why Bruce was acting crazy, kicking everyone out of the building!"
Just as everyone was discussing, the lights in the building came back on.
Since Zhang Yang had entered from the back of the building, the onlookers outside had no idea.
"Oh my god! The lights are on! Is it Bruce? Did Bruce win?"
"Did Kaitō Kid get shot by Bruce? This is so sudden!"
"It must have been Bruce who turned the lights on. Did Kaitō Kid really lose?"